Tancred Nightstand Polyvinyl Records With Tancred’s 2016 Out of the Garden, primary songwriter Jess Abbott gave us an outright honest album about her personal experiences with femininity. Expressing those experiences brought out a harsher sound [...]
Beach Skulls Las Dunas PNKSLM (Punk Slime Recordings) From start to finish, Beach Skulls new album Las Dunas is a mellow, psychedelic masterpiece. You can guess by looking at the album title that it means “the dunes” when translated to English, [...]
The Coathangers Live Suicide Squeeze There is a hectic, chaotic energy to live music that studio recordings simply cannot capture, and punk band The Coathangers want to remedy this with their latest album, Live, released June 1 of this year. [...]
Black Thought Streams of Thought, Vol. 1 Human Re Sources If you drop Black Thought’s name (born Tariq Trotter) anywhere within most musical circles, the most common descriptor that follows is “underrated”. The most important thing that you’ll [...]
MONOWHALES Control Freak Independent MONOWHALES new album Control Freak has officially hit the spotify playlists of the masses. They have a very interesting sound that is a beautiful blend of indie rock and pop stylings. This allows them to use [...]
Nils Frahm Encores 1 Erased Tapes Nils Frahm has released the extended 5-track player Encores 1, the first companion release to his universally acclaimed and currently touring seventh album, All Melody. For those who found All Melody lacking in [...]
Roger Daltrey As Long As I Have You Polydor Records Roger Daltrey is well known as the voice of the legendary rock band The Who. He has had some solo success as well, and has finally released his first solo album in almost 25 years, As Long As I [...]
Various Artists African Scream Contest 2 – Benin 1963-1980 Analog Africa In 2008 archival label Analog Africa introduced the wider world to the funk, rock, and psychedelic sounds of 60’s and 70’s Benin with African Scream [...]
Future Superfly: Official Motion Picture Soundtrack Epic As the movie Superfly comes into theatres, Future is able to release a soundtrack based around the movie. With eleven songs on Superfly’s soundtrack, Future along with 21 Savage, [...]
Three Man Cannon Three Man Cannon Lame-O Records Three Man Cannon is an indie rock band from Scranton, Pennsylvania. On March 16, the band released its eponymous album Three Man Cannon, a 38-minute piece recorded under Lame-O records. The [...]
Near Future Ideal Home Blanc Check Records Neil Arthur has been very busy of late. Since the fall of 2017 he wrote and produced the most recent Blancmange album (the brilliant Unfurnished Rooms), as well as put together the box set of [...]
A$AP Rocky TESTING A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds/RCA Records The third studio album by A$AP Rocky has officially been released under his own label A$AP Worldwide. The album is aptly named TESTING because it seems to be testing a new sound. The [...]
Lucy And The Rats Lucy And The Rats Dirty Water Records London-based punk rock outfit Lucy And The Rats have released their self-titled debut record! Produced by Johnny Casino and The White Stripes producer Jim Diamond, Australian punk princess [...]
For Esmé Righteous Woman Independent Righteous Woman is electronic folk music. For this album, For Esmé’s Martha Meredith is clearing fronting the band and the album is her concept album. It is a feminist album, but rather than a political [...]
Quiet Slang Everything Matters But No One Is Listening Polyvinyl Records First off, go listen to Beach Slang, then go listen to Quiet Slang. There seems to be difference between the two, but also a strange similarity. Well, Quiet Slang is James [...]
Ry Cooder The Prodigal Son Fantasy Records Ry Cooder has been playing since the 1960s and is one of the most respected slide guitarists to pick up a slide. He is also a brilliant guitarist, he is stunning at playing multiple instruments. On top [...]
Ray LaMontagne Part of the Light RCA Records Ray LaMontagne has released his seventh studio album. The only disappointing aspect of this album is that it is only 9 songs long. The album, Part of the Light, is released by RCA Records and came out [...]
Bryan Binnema Things You Leave Behind Independent Bryan Binnema is a brand new indie artist out of Toronto. He brings an indie-folk pop vibe to the table. It is nothing truly new or different, but it is a very consistent and moving sound. [...]
Personality Cult Personality Cult Independent It’s all too easy to imagine Personality Cult supporting Flock of Seagulls on a 1984 UK tour, but James Clifford’s solo project adds a post-punk experimental edge and deep-house gloaming to catchy [...]
Preme Light Of Day Reps Up The Toronto Rapper Preme (formally known as P Reign) has dropped his latest body of work, Light of Day. It has been over three years since, his last project Off the books was released, and with this new album, Preme [...]
Post Malone Beerbongs and Bentleys Republic Records Post Malone sophomore album, Beerbongs and Bentleys, doesn’t fail to deliver. With 19 tracks on the album, and featuring guest artists ranging from Nicki Minaj, G-eazy, YG, and 21 Savage, [...]
Mother Mother O My Heart: Live Sessions Universal Music Canada Ten years after its release, Canadian indie rock group Mother Mother has decided to revisit their very first album, O My Heart. Rather than do a simple rerelease or tour alone, the [...]
Andy Bassford The Harder They Strum Registered Alien Records The movie soundtrack has been an important part of the music business since the advent of the long playing disc, or LP, in the late 1940s. The LP was an excellent format for musical [...]
Laura Veirs The Lookout Raven Marching Band By the time an artist puts out their tenth album, they’ve usually either flattened out creatively, or they produce a record that allows them to explore their musical interestsbut is too idiosyncratic [...]
